Improvement in metallic brushes



L.D.GRANT. Metallic-Brush.

Patented Sept. 9; 1.979.

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' suitable flange and ribs to securely hold the fillinserted in the usual manner.

UNITED STATES PATIENT OFFICE.

LORENZO D. GRANT, OFLANSINGBURG, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN METALLIC BRUSHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LORENZO DOWNING GRANT, of the town of Lansingburg, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Metallic Brush, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings. I

My improved brush consists, first, in the brush-holderhavinga cavitypartly surrounded by a vertical rim and partly by the arch of and, secondly, in having a sheet-metal perforated face and filling that may be readily inserted or withdrawn from the holder, substantially as herein described.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of my improved brush. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the same without a, handle. Fig. 2 is a plan of the face and hollow handle with brush removed. Fig. 1 is a view of the back of Fig. 2.

My metallic brush is constructed substantially as follows: A strip of thin ductile metal is cut in suitable shape, then rolled, pressed, or joined, so as to form a proper opening.B, for the brush, and a hollow handle, 0, as indicated.

The opening orconcaved space B has a flanged or vertical edge except at one end, where the arch of the handle is extended on the same plane,'as seen in Fig. 2, and by means of this arch and vertical rim to hold or bind the brush in position.

The face of the brush is of metal, and has a ing of wood or other material, and the face and filling are then perforated and the bristles The metal face of the brush has at one 6X- tremity a wider margin than at the other, so as to pass under the arch of the handle 0, as indicatedby dotted lines b, Figs. 2 and 4.

The vertical rim partly surrounding the cavity B is made to conform to the beveled margin of the face until nearly to the outer extremity at points marked by dotted line as y, where the rim is rendered more rounding, so as to make a snap-catch or holding pressure on the detachable brush when in position seen in Fig. 4.

No. 219,395, dated September 9, 1879; application filed April 3, 1879.

I do not confine myself to any particular form of the back and face of the brush, but prefer that the surfaces shall be rounded, as indicated.

The sheet metal for the brush-holder may be in one or more pieces, suitably cut, so that when united they may present the form de sired, and the surfaces are highly polished or plated to make a tasty and finished appear- 2 and 4, and by this pointed instrument prying up or raising the face of the brush.

The advantages of my improved brush are, that I furnish in combination a face and brush of a uniformly-finished and tasty appearance, and make a brush of great strength and durability, and, also, when the face and back are detachable by the means used, different styles of brushes, mirrors, 8210., may be readily inserted in the preparation of the toilet or, when thebristles of the brush are worn out,'the face may be easily removed and another inserted.

I claim- 1. A brush-holder having therein an opening or cavity partly surrounded by a vertical rim, and partlyby the curved'arch of thehandle extended to the edge of the opening, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a brush, a sheet-metal perforated face and filling of wood or other material that may be readily inserted or withdrawn from the back, substantially as described.

LORENZO DOWN IN G GRANT.

Witnesses:

ORIN GAMBELL, JAMES W. PALMER. 

